| Mount Cargill | |
|---|---|
 Mount Cargill (centre) and Buttar's Peak (to the right of the church steeple) dominate the skyline of Dunedin, New Zealand | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 676 m (2,218 ft)  |
| Parent peak | Silver Peak |
| Isolation | to Swampy Summit |
| Coordinates | 45°48′47″S 170°33′17″E / 45.8131°S 170.5548°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Kapukataumahaka (Māori) |
| Geography | |
 Mount Cargill (red marker) on map of selected nearby surface volcanic features.
Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcano name/wikilink and ages before present. Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is: basalt (shades of brown/orange), monogenetic basalts, undifferentiated basalts, arc basalts, arc ring basalts, olivine (basalts shades of olive), phonolite (pale salmon), dacite, andesite (shades of red), basaltic andesite, rhyolite, (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet), and plutonic or intusive (gray) - so dolerite/diabase/microgabbro will have shadings towards gray compared to erupted basalt. | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Otago |
| District | Dunedin |
| Geology | |
| Volcanic region | Dunedin Volcano complex |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Cowan Road |
| Normal route | Mount Cargill Walk |
Mount Cargill, known in Māori as Kapukataumahaka,[1] is a volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, New Zealand.
The peak is named for Captain William Cargill, an early leader of the Province of Otago. Māori legend tells of the mountain showing the profile of a prominent warrior, and indeed from Dunedin Buttar's Peak and Mount Cargill between them do form the outline of a reclining figure, with the nearby Buttar's Peak being the head and Mount Cargill the body.
Panoramic views of Dunedin and its surrounding area are visible from the summit, making it a popular, if difficult to access, site. A single rough road ascends to the peak, and several popular walking tracks also ascend the slopes.
Mount Cargill is topped by a telecommunications station and mast, the Mount Cargill Transmitting Station. The mast is Dunedin's tallest man-made structure.
- ^ Place names Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Kāti Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki website, viewed 4 January 2012